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Career 'catalyst' program connects Maine employers and interns
March 5, 2025Maine Career Catalyst has enrolled over 3,200 summer interns across over 140 Maine employers since the program’s start in 2017.
March 5, 2025Commentary: Why the business community must lead the movement for education reform
March 5, 2025Guest columnist John Lewis writes that, "if we want a stronger workforce tomorrow, we can't keep waiting for someone else to fix the system. It's on us — employers, industry leaders and business owners — to step forward and demand change."
March 5, 2025Jobs report: Maine is not competitive with other states
March 3, 2025Maine is not attracting new employment at the same rates as other states and firms are not achieving the high levels of productivity that would support increasing wage levels.
March 3, 2025
Building a resilient business: Strategies for growth and employee engagement
Updated: February 21, 2025Equipping your team with well-defined procedures is vital for empowering employees and allowing them to grow.
Updated: February 21, 2025
Proposed bill looks to start forest products workforce training at age 16
Updated: February 18, 2025The proposal would allow 16-year-olds to work in their families’ logging businesses under parental supervision — something already possible on farms but illegal in the logging industry.
Updated: February 18, 2025Keller Williams Realty Greater Portland will hold job fair
Updated: February 14, 2025The informal format includes agents, prospective agents and administrators with display, information and networking opportunities.
Updated: February 14, 2025
United Way of Southern Maine hires its next leader from within
February 6, 2025Dan Coyne will succeed Liz Cotter Schlax as president and CEO of the Portland-based nonprofit, effective March 3.
February 6, 2025
How to hire for 'fit' rather than just hiring for skills
Updated: February 7, 2025In today’s competitive talent market, hiring for fit — prioritizing cultural and role alignment, attitude, and potential — is not just a trend. It’s a necessity.
Updated: February 7, 2025
How to convert remote workers into Maine workers
Updated: February 6, 2025By converting remote workers into local employees, we strengthen our businesses, communities and economy, writes guest columnist Katie Shorey.
Updated: February 6, 2025
Husson, UNE join forces on health care education
January 28, 2025Husson University and the University of New England have collaborated to enhance health care education and meet Maine's workforce needs for health care professionals.
January 28, 2025
UNE takes aim at climate change with grad program
Updated: January 27, 2025The University of New England's online program on leadership amid climate change will launch this fall.
Updated: January 27, 2025
Portland law firm Bernstein Shur adds to its C-Suite
January 23, 2025Ali Worster, a seasoned human resources executives, will join the firm as its first-ever chief people officer.
January 23, 2025
‘ME-tirement’ takes off: These Maine women business leaders are taking a career break
Updated: January 27, 2025“Me” is the leitmotif for several Maine women business and nonprofit leaders in their 40s and 50s who are pressing pause on their careers to focus on themselves.
Updated: January 27, 2025
How to implement Maine's new paid leave rules
Updated: January 21, 2025Guest columnist Tawny Alvarez, a lawyer at Verrill, outlines what businesses need to know about Maine's new paid-leave law.
Updated: January 21, 2025-
Casting a wider net: The case for research-driven recruitment in 2025
Updated: January 10, 2025Guest columnist John Lewis says the "post and pray" method of recruiting isn't working anymore. He offers some new ideas for 2025.
Updated: January 10, 2025 
From bragging rights to charitable giving, good news was plentiful in 2024
Updated: December 31, 2024Uplifting news stories this year kudos for Portland as a minor-league sports town, and a new sign of "hopeful" in Ellsworth.
Updated: December 31, 2024
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